Historical fiction genre books (1709)
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LebanonDescription:
Tomando como hilo conductor los avatares de un manuscrito que, con el nombre de la mítica ciudad de Samarcanda, contiene las famosas «Ruba1iyyat» del poeta persa Omar Jayyám, Amin Maalouf recrea en esta novela un fascinante y tumultuoso mundo oriental. En el marco de la Persia medieval, desgarrada por profundas contradicciones, dos figuras destacan junto a la del que, además de poeta, fuera astrónomo, geómetra y filósofo: la de Nizam el-Molk, gran visir del sultán Malikxah, y la del misterioso ismaelí Hassan Sabbah, fundador de la secta de los Asesinos, que desde su fortaleza de Alamut mantuvo... continue
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Samarkand : A Novel by Amin Maalouf EN
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The story of Samarkand is woven around the history of the manuscript of the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam, from its creation by the poet and sage in eleventh-century Persia to its loss when the Titanic sank in 1912. Unwittingly involved in a brawl on the streets of Samarkand, Omar Khayyam is brought before a local judge who recognizes his genius as a poet and gives him a blank book in which to inscribe his verses. Thus the head of a great poet is saved and the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam is born. The threads of his life become interwoven with the designs of the vizier, Nizam al Mulk, and of Hassan S... continue
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Sarah : A Novel by Marek Halter EN
PolandDescription:
Sarah’s story begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah balks at the marriage her father has planned for her. On her wedding day, she impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls, where she meets a young man named Abram, son of a tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends one night with him and reluctantly returns to her father’s house. But on her return, she secretly drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thu... continue
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Sarraounia by Abdoulaye Mamani FR
NigerDescription:
Ce roman relate une expédition coloniale française entre Niger et Tchad, arrêtée par la reine magicienne - Sarraounia - d'un petit royaume situé à l'ouest de l'actuelle République du Niger. Ecriture simple et directe. L'oeuvre repose sur des faits authentiques.
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Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
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Bogota, années 1980. María, Andrés et Ernesto sont trois âmes tourmentées qui errent dans les rues de la ville. Jusqu'au jour où ils croisent le chemin de Campo Elías, vétéran du Vietnam hanté par ses souvenirs de guerre et obsédé par le thème du double maléfique. Roman inspiré par un fait divers. Bogota, années 1980. Lasse de vivre d'expédients, María décide de prendre sa revanche sur la société en dépouillant les clients des clubs chics de la ville. Artiste à succès, Andrés découvre que ses portraits prédisent les maladies dont ses modèles vont souffrir. Prêtre dans un quartier populaire, Er... continue
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RomaniaDescription:
Satra este istoria unei deportari spre rasarit si a degradarii unor legi stravechi de existenta. O lamentatie lunga, ca si Ce mult te-am iubit, si o meditatie despre moarte, dar intr-o forma indirecta. In cartile anterioare, Zaharia Stancu privea pitorescul, exoticul din afara. Acum se instaleaza in interiorul lui si construieste o poveste verosimila, de o aspra poezie. [...]
Satra este nu numai o initiere fortata in moarte, dar si o meditatie despre moarte si viata, o lunga interogatie. Pe dedesubtul evenimentelor crancene, curge apa resemnarii si se intinde privelistea eternitatii [...]
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Saudade by Suneeta Peres Da Costa EN
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A Goan immigrant family caught between their complicity in Portuguese rule and their own outsider status in Angola pre-independence.
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Scham. Lajja by Taslima Nasrin DE
Country: Asia / 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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Belletristik : Bangladesh/Hindus ; Familie - Fundamentalismus - Islam.
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Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally EN
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In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland and who was transformed by the war into a man with a mission, a compassionate angel of mercy.